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enterlude

enterlude is the obsolete spelling of interlude.

Meaning of interlude

Noun

interlude (plural interludes)

  1. An intervening episode, etc.
  2. An entertainment between the acts of a play.
    • [O]ur ovvne Statutes […] preciſely prohibit the ſatyricall depraving, traducing, or derogation of the Common Prayer-Booke, and of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in any Enterludes, Playes or Rimes, (in vvhich kinde Playes had been formerly peccant) under ſevere penalties.1632 (indicated as 1633), William Prynne, “Actus 3, Scena Sexta”, in Histrio-mastix. The Players Scourge, or, Actors Tragædie, […], London: […] E[lizabeth] A[llde,] [Thomas Cotes, Augustine Matthews]...
  3. A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.

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Forms of enterlude

pluralenterludes

Questions about enterlude

What is enterlude the obsolete spelling of?
Enterlude is the obsolete spelling of interlude.

Words near enterlude in the dictionary

  1. enterlaced
  2. enterlaces
  3. enterlacing
  4. Enterline
  5. Enterlines
  6. enterlude
  7. enterludes
  8. entermedle
  9. entermedled
  10. entermise
  11. entero

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